I'm a huge fan of the Asterix series in general, so I was interested to see what I'd heard was a pretty decent licensed game take on it play out. While I didn't experience all the glitches & techincal issues that seem to have ruined this for a lot of other people, I just broadly think there's a lot of balancing issues & general weird jank design to this that stopped me from really getting into it & wanting to push through.
Level design & goals are a little obtuse at times, with enemies set up in a simplistic take on Dynasty Warriors of the duo taking out huge waves (I do love how they fly offscreen, a great touch) though I think without a great power balancing that that series has. Time trials can be very demanding without the controls to really accommodate (the thing that made me throw in the towel was trying to perfect the downhill ice slide with some extremely clunky controls) and feedback generally is just kind of weird. In terms of this being a remaster, like a lot of remasters I've seen lately it just looks too glossy & slick in a way that's unappealing (though I appreciate the Classic Mode toggle, every remaster should have one) even if I think broadly the charm of Asterix is captured in the game. I honestly might just try playing the original, since this one left me not wanting to persevere through it.
Level design & goals are a little obtuse at times, with enemies set up in a simplistic take on Dynasty Warriors of the duo taking out huge waves (I do love how they fly offscreen, a great touch) though I think without a great power balancing that that series has. Time trials can be very demanding without the controls to really accommodate (the thing that made me throw in the towel was trying to perfect the downhill ice slide with some extremely clunky controls) and feedback generally is just kind of weird. In terms of this being a remaster, like a lot of remasters I've seen lately it just looks too glossy & slick in a way that's unappealing (though I appreciate the Classic Mode toggle, every remaster should have one) even if I think broadly the charm of Asterix is captured in the game. I honestly might just try playing the original, since this one left me not wanting to persevere through it.
I like that you can switch between old and new graphics even though the old graphics dont have any music?
This aside its the same game as it was on my PS2. If this is good or not it depends on if you liked it back then or not.
This aside its the same game as it was on my PS2. If this is good or not it depends on if you liked it back then or not.
I knew very little of A&O before this. I really liked the characters and want to learn more about them. I knew the game was going to be rough because of its age.
I didn't mind the combat but most of the time was spent smashing boxes then enemies. When you get to the last chapter, I think they remembered the remembered they created enemies to fight so lets drag it out by throwing tons of them at you.
The first boss fight was fun. Then you fight it again but in a different setting and again and again and .... Really? They couldn't come up with more bosses? Very disappointing.
I played this on the Steam Deck. It took me 10.5 hours to beat.
I didn't mind the combat but most of the time was spent smashing boxes then enemies. When you get to the last chapter, I think they remembered the remembered they created enemies to fight so lets drag it out by throwing tons of them at you.
The first boss fight was fun. Then you fight it again but in a different setting and again and again and .... Really? They couldn't come up with more bosses? Very disappointing.
I played this on the Steam Deck. It took me 10.5 hours to beat.
Hab das Spiel leider schon nach zwei Hauptwelten abgebrochen. Ist durchaus nett, mir aber zu repetitiv und es wurde daher doch recht schnell langweilig. Etwas mehr Humor aus der Reihe hätte dem Spiel sicher gut getan. Kudos für das Remastered Wortspiel.
simple but super fun game
This would have been so much better if it wasn't for all the bugs and glitches. It just kills the fun. Not to mention the cheap and unfair extreme mode which can be a platinum killer for most people. They could have toned that a little. The close times in some of those new challenges I am not even going to comment :D
These are the only French people I like
Playstation 5 version crashes consistently when selecting the start of Greece from the map and PS4 version doesn't allow for cross-saves and wanted me to start the entire game again; pretty cool.
While having so much charm there is so much wrong with this game. I really enjoyed XXL2 but lord I just did not have a good time with this game by the end of its playthrough. While being fun its riddle with really annoying segments , PC issues , controller issues , Glitches and hitboxes that make no sense. To add the bosses are really lame I really wished they did more with the bosses they are literally the same exact type of bosses each level. I know it sounds like I am being harsh but lord did I still enjoy my time with this game to the degree I could its just something about the graphics , world that really makes it a joy to explore. Sadly though I just cannot say this game is any good to me mostly because of the port issues and personally its enemy designs really sucks imo with the game just throwing waves upon waves upon waves upon waves on enemies and never differs from this formula at all except making some encounters really annoying.
I think all in all most of the issues with this game come from the PC port which sucks because I know there is a way more better experience somewhere amidst all the port issues.
I think all in all most of the issues with this game come from the PC port which sucks because I know there is a way more better experience somewhere amidst all the port issues.
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered is a another game in the NWOR3DP (New Wave of Remastered 3D Platformers). The gameplay remains pretty much the same with the option to play with both new and old graphics.
The downside it that this game isn't properly optimized, not to mention it's on those games that has graphical problems with AMD cards (a good deal of effects are not visible without an unofficial patch).
As such, despite being a solid 9/10, I have to give it a 7 of shame.
The downside it that this game isn't properly optimized, not to mention it's on those games that has graphical problems with AMD cards (a good deal of effects are not visible without an unofficial patch).
As such, despite being a solid 9/10, I have to give it a 7 of shame.